National security team briefing Obama on Ukraine

Associated Press

March 15, 2014 - 2:30 PM

WASHINGTON — The White House says President Barack Obama is getting regular updates on the situation in Ukraine.

Obama's national security team is discussing Ukraine at a White House meeting Saturday, the eve of a vote on whether Ukraine's Russia-leaning Crimea region should secede and seek annexation by Moscow. Obama and the leaders of other Western nations have denounced the vote as illegal and say they won't recognize the results.